27606. Adulteration of  canned  tomatoes.     IT.   S.  v.   123   Cartons   of  Tomatoes.
Default  decree  of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D.  No.  39247. 
Sample Nos. 20105-C, 20160-C.)
Samples of this product were found to contain maggots.
On March 22, 1937, the United States attorney for the District of New Hamp- 
shire, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 125 cartons of tomatoes 
at Laconia, N. H., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about October 9, 1936, by A. W. Sisk & Son from Federalsburg, 
Md., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act It 
was labeled in part: (Cans) "Pine Cone Brand Tomatoes * * * Albert W. 
Sisk & Son Distributors   Preston and Aberdeen Maryland."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On June 22, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.